Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • Ada Lovelace Day 2020

    Ada Lovelace Day 2020

    According to the FindingAda website –  Ada Lovelace Day (ALD) is an international celebration of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM)  – back in 2010 I wrote about the influence Kathy Sierra had on my career (this still holds) and now 10 years later I’m finally drafting a sequel (still…

  • Silver linings: 30 things I’ve enjoyed after 30 weeks locking down

    Silver linings: 30 things I’ve enjoyed after 30 weeks locking down

    Today marks 30 weeks since I got back from Oslo and started my initial lockdown. Since then I have ventured out of my immediate neighbourhood a total of five times. Including going to the pub twice. Not a lot to show for 210 days. This isn’t a woe is me post though – here are…

  • Leave those piñatas alone

    Leave those piñatas alone

    It has been a tough couple of weeks for public service digital teams. First there was the PHE/NHS ‘test and trace’ Excel crisis and now there is the ‘National Careers Service’ assessment tool becoming a Twitter piñata. In both cases armies of ‘experts’ have had their say with everything from constructive criticism to conspiracy theories…

  • Remembering Pete Ferne – 10 years on

    One of those Facebook ‘memories’ reminded me that today was the 10 year anniversary of Pete passing. Can it really have been that long? That feels crazy to me. So much of my career since has been influenced by what I learned from Pete. So many of my professional principles copied wholesale from his approach.…

  • Clueless about Codeless

    Clueless about Codeless

    In the past I’ve been a bit dismissive of no/low code solutions – the examples I saw in the past seemed fraught with problems and just seemed to be storing up more problems for the future than they were solving in the present. I always saw the appeal though and it is no surprise that…